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John Wesley

English clergyman
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John Wesley (born June 17, 1703, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England—died March 2, 1791, London) was an Anglican clergyman, evangelist, and founder, with his brother Charles, of the Methodist movement in the Church of England. John Wesley was the second son of Samuel, a former Nonconformist (dissenter from the Church of England) and rector at Epworth, and Susanna Wesley. After six years of education at the Charterhouse, London, he entered Christ Church, Oxford University, in 1720. Graduating...

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